M.M.A. DESIGN LLC — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase I: S1
M.M.A. DESIGN LLC — SBIR Phase I award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Amount
- $124,812
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- S1
- Solicitation
- SBIR_18_P1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CO
- Period
- 2018-07-27 → 2019-02-15
Description
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in">Novel technologies are desired to meet evolving demand for remote microwave sensors. Specifically, a large-aperture, active antenna which stows into a compact volume on each spacecraft of a satellite constellation can reduce the number of satellites required to adequately sample a given measurement. Indeed, with a lower satellite count, a significant economic benefit can be realized with the cost savings associated with the corresponding reduced launch burden.</p><p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in">MMA Design LLC proposes to advance the state-of-the-art in large-aperture, high-aspect ratio technologies by developing a deployable Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) antenna applicable to a MicroSat form factor using reflectarray rigid panels. The Large Aperture Rigid Antenna (LARA), stows efficiently in an 1800-cm<sup>3</sup> volume (30 cm × 30 cm × 20 cm) and reliably deploys forming a 4.5-m<sup>2</sup> aperture with a 5.6:1 aspect ratio.</p>